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Issue 6: May 2012
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Welcome It’s hard to keep track of all the incredible events that have taken place down at the new Titanic phenomenon at the docks. However one that sticks in the mind for its cause, participation levels, enthusiasm and the wonderful enduring image on our cover, photographed by Bradly Quinn, is the Titanic Yardmen Cycle and Walk. The 600 walkers and 400 cyclists, many of whom were from East Belfast, followed in the footsteps of the generations of Harland & Wolff yardmen who made their way to the shipyard. The modern equivalent converged at Belfast’s newest visitor attraction before setting off in memory of Rosi Kirker-Miller who, following diagnosis with bowel cancer, was dedicated to raising awareness of and funding for the treatment of bowel cancer, the second biggest cancer killer in the UK with almost 16,000 deaths per year. The event, which Connswater Community Greenway helped organise, reached their target of £20,000 raised for the charity Bowel Cancer UK. The spirit of the event sums up what can be achieved when a community comes together. On to this months edition and it’s a jam packed one with all the regular favourites and a few surprises too. We do hope you enjoy the magazine and we thank you and our advertisers for the support. Plus you can support the advertisers too by shopping local. East Belfast is in Bloom. Anyone still wishing to make a donation to Bowel Cancer UK can do so by visiting www. justgiving.com/yardmen or by texting YARD99 £insert amount to 70070. Photograph by Bradley Quinn can be purchased at www.bradleyquinn.com. A percentage of proceeds from this will go to Bowel Cancer UK. If you would like see pictures and videos from the da go to facebook.com/ connswatercommunitygreenway or flickr.com/connswatercg
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Contents
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6 Local News
All the headlines, events and info you need to know this month.
23 Cookbook
The amazing versatility of The Red Hot Chilli Cookbook by Dan May will astound.
15 Health & Beauty
28 Food Focus
16 Garden Advice
30 What’s On?
20 Rising Star
34 Local Legend
The Secret Day Spa help summer brides prepare for heading up the aisle.
Get that lawn looking luscious and your flowers looking fabulous.
We chat to Jill from Refound who turn unwanted objects into creations of beauty.
Another new restaurant in East Belfast, and it’s another belter. We look at Ace in Belmont.
Get the diary at the ready, here’s the event round up for May.
50 years frying, we get an insight into the longevity of The Fryar Tuck. www.bloommagazine.co.uk 5
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NEW TRADERS SET UP STALL AT ST GEORGE’S MARKET
Festival of Flowers
Belmont Church is celebrating its 150th birthday this year with a flower festival from Friday 25th - Monday 28th May. The theme will be the history of church and land over the last 15 decades. Morning coffee and afternoon tea available for £3. Lunch and high tea will also be served for £8 per person to those who pre book. All visitors welcome. For more information visit www.belmontpresbyterian.org
St George’s Market recently opened its doors to nine new local businesses boosting its range of food and craft offerings. The businesses are taking part in Belfast City Council’s pilot ‘Market Start Up Programme’ which was launched in December to provide support to people who wanted to set up food or craft businesses and try out their products through trading at the city’s historic market. The Market Start Up Programme was open to residents of the Belfast City Council area. For more information on the programme and council’s support for local businesses, go to the council website at www.belfastcity.gov.uk/business Castlereagh Borough Council has officially opened a new playground at Clonduff and a mini soccer pitch at Braniel. The new state of the art playground in the Clonduff estate offers children in the area a zip line, junior and senior multi-activity units, basket swing and play panels. The mini soccer pitch in the Braniel estate was officially opened with a special performance by the choir from Braniel Primary School.
Garment alteration experts The Zip Yard have recently moved premises. They haven’t gone far though, you can now visit them just a few doors up from their original location. They’re at 49 Belmont Road and ready for all types of alterations you may have for them. Phone 028 9065 4676.
Test Drive the Arts NI Reaches 10,000 Successful Applicants
Test Drive the Arts NI, Audiences NI’s flagship audience development project has recently reached its 10,000 successful applicant in Northern Ireland. The project was designed to help organisations increase their audiences by offering the public guest tickets, from unsold capacity. The result is that the Test Driver experiences the very best of what the arts has to offer and is encouraged to return as a paying customer to another event. The website enables anyone in Northern Ireland who has never been to live theatre or performing arts events to get on-the-house tickets to some of the city’s hottest shows. Log on to the website to gain access to a range of performances. Applicants are only able to use the Test Drive the Arts project once to attend a performance of their choice, however they cannot have attended the same venue within the last three years as a paying customer. www.testdrivetheartsni.org
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TITANIC STREET ART LAUNCHED IN EAST BELFAST A new Titanic-themed street art piece, featuring the names of men and women who worked at the shipyard during the great ship’s construction, has been unveiled in Belfast. Groups from the Mountpottinger and Short Strand areas of the city came together for this cross-community project which ran as part of Belfast City Council’s Titanic community engagement programme. Located at a disused site on Castlereagh Street, the colourful art panels feature striking abstract images of Titanic along with names of Castlereagh Street residents who worked at Harland & Wolff and the docks in 1911, while the great ship was being constructed. More information on Belfast City Council’s Titanic community engagement programme can be found at www.belfastcity.gov.uk/titanicquarter
An east Belfast railway halt has been officially renamed to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic. The newly refurbished Bridge End station which first opened in 1977 to serve Harland and Wolff shipyard will now be known as Titanic Quarter station.
Pupil in Double Award Win
Congratulations to Grosvenor Grammar School pupil Eve McLelland, Form 4, who recently achieved a double success at the UK-wide ‘Big Bang’ Young Scientist and Engineers Fair. The event, staged at the NEC Birmingham saw Eve display her Fire Sprinkler project that is designed to aid emergency evacuation from a large building. Second place from amongst over 30 entrants in the ‘Junior Engineering’ category saw Eve receive a medal and £300 and the achievement of the ‘CREST Creativity’ Award gained her a trophy, a medal and £500 for both herself and her school. Right: Eve, School’s Principal Mr Robin McLoughlin and Head of Technology and Design Mr Sammy Taggart. www.bloommagazine.co.uk 7
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Local Author Puts East Belfast and Charity on the Map
Aidan Campbell lives at Knock and is a volunteer at the Marie Curie Hospice on Kensington Road. He writes local history books about East Belfast with all proceeds donated to the charity. Aidan’s 6th local history book ‘Cregagh’ was published in October 2011 at Hillmount Nursery Centre, Gilnahirk. The illustrated and spoken history of Cregagh recalls the recalls the area through old photographs and the memories of some of the people who lived there and tells how once rural surroundings have developed into an urban environment. It is a companion to the best-selling books Beaconsfield, Knock, Cherryvalley, Gilnahirk and Castlereagh also by Aidan Campbell who is available to give talks with slideshow to local community and church groups. Future publications in this series of East Belfast histories will include ‘Stormont’, ‘Belmont’ and another look at the greater East Belfast area entitled ‘East Belfast Revisited’. Aidan’s books are on sale at Hillmount Nursery Centre, Linen Hall Library and Marie Curie Hospice. If you have any unpublished materials such as old photographs please contact Aidan Campbell at Marie Curie Hospice, Belfast 90 882000 or email to success@ utvinternet.com. Fairy Dust are delighted to welcome an award winning nail technician and beautician. Asta Samaliute will be taking care of a wide range of treatments along with her incredible speciality in nails. Asta said, ‘I’m an award winning nail technician offering nail designs you won’t get anywhere else. I do all my designs free hand in one movement encapsulating nail art, 3d nail art such as flowers butterflies and have a huge collection of glitters, coloured acrylic powders, diamonds, bows etc.’ Call in to 415-417 Newtownards Road or phone 028 9073 1141 to make an appointment.
EAST BELFAST MUM IS MOUNTPOTTINGER’S GREATEST LOSER!
East Belfast Mum of three Karen Barnard is celebrating losing an amazing 7 stone 8 lb to date and being crowned her local Slimming World group’s Greatest Loser. Karen who attends Mountpottinger Slimming World joined just over a year ago and hasn’t looked back since. Karen 34 says ‘I joined Mountpottinger Slimming World on my own and as soon as I walked in I was made to feel so welcome. I listened to all the fantastic unlimited free foods I could eat and was amazed. I knew from that moment that this was a lifestyle change, and even better I would be able to feed my family the same foods without feeling I was on a diet and having to cook separate meals. I have so much more energy and mobility, my health has improved and I’m living life to the full. The support from my consultant Michelle and my fellow members is invaluable.’ Consultant Michelle Hall says ‘I’ve watched Karen blossom during her weight loss journey. Her confidence has grown and grown and Karen is the first person you meet at the 9.30am session as she is now a member of the Social Team and welcomes new members personally when they join. She’s an absolute Superstar!’ Michelle runs her Slimming World Groups every Monday at 9.30am, 11.30am, 5.30pm and 7.30pm at Mountpottinger Methodist Church, 188 Albertbridge Road. For more details call Michelle on 07857 131766 or log onto www.slimmingworld.com for your nearest group. 8 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
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The East Belfast Arts Festival will be an annual high quality festival of music, visual art, comedy, theatre, film, literature and heritage. Its purpose will be to celebrate the positive side of East Belfast and to share creativity, energy and passion through arts and entertainment. It will attract high quality acts and artists and promote home grown artistic talent from/in East Belfast. It will also provide a diverse range of opportunities for participation and some events and workshops will be targeted specifically at disadvantaged members of the community. The Arts Festival will be the first of its kind in East Belfast and will build on and create new audiences interested in arts amongst the population, helping connect art to the community thus increasing character and civic pride in the area. In addition it will showcase venues which are not usually used for arts events and venues that are not yet familiar to everyone. There will be a Fundraiser Event on Thursday, 24 May from 7.30pm til late in Shorts Recreation Club, Aircraft Park, Holywood Road, Belfast, BT4 1SL which will include live music from local musicians as well as a few other surprises. 10 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
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DRAGON BACKS A WINNER
Local Businesswoman Suzanne Livingstone, from Baked in Belfast, was delighted to meet BBC Dragon Theo Paphitis when he presented her with a certificate for winning his Small Business Sunday competition. Suzanne travelled to Edgbaston Stadium for the event and was delighted that Theo remembered her winning product, Gin & Tonic Marmalade. The confidence boost from winning the competition helped Baked in Belfast to get their products stocked everywhere from Belfast to New York, taking in Londons Selfridges and Titanic Belfast along the way. 122 Orby Drive. Tel: 028 9079 8445 www.bakedinbelfast.com Local handmade, customised jewellery and clothing designer Bohemian Vixen will be hosting a stall at St Georges Market every Sunday from 10am-4pm. You can also find the range on Facebook and on ASOS marketplace.asos.com/boutique/bohemian-vixen
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Julie Douglas has been teaching traditional drawing and painting for 20 years. A natural communicator, Julieʼs courses run as small exercises, so students understand what they are doing and feel in control. Classes are fully tutored, numbers are small, and suitable for all levels. The choice is to attend weekly to really improve your drawing (totally painless, honest) and painting skills, or a weekend workshop, which are themed and include landscape, oils, portraiture, drawing, portfolio, preparation and more. So if you’ve been struggling at home and need a leg-up or you’ve meaning to use those water colours you’ve had for ages, if you’ve been painting for years but feel you arenʼt improving, or would just love to give it a go, then give Julie a call. 07730 560 517 www.juliedouglas.co.uk www. juliedouglasdrawingpaintinglearning.blogspot.com
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East Side Story Acclaimed theatre director in Belfast to tell story of the city’s east in new production.
The Baths is produced by Prime Cut Productions in collaboration with Dee Street Community Centre, Knocknagoney Community Centre and the Polish Association of Northern Ireland. 12 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
A new theatre production, which will give audiences a chance encounter with life in and around the Victorian Templemore Baths in East Belfast, will open to the public for a limited number of exclusive performances on Monday 7th May until Saturday 12th. The Baths is a community-led production involving people from the local area and is being created by leading Belfast theatre company Prime Cut Productions. Acclaimed Director Louise Lowe, who is an artistic associate of the company, will direct the production and is currently working with local community groups to develop the show based on their own experiences, as well as those of their ancestors who have used the Baths over many generations. Audience members are invited to the historic Templemore Baths to watch the immersive performance, incorporating stories from the area from 1912 and 2012. The production will be incredibly intimate with only three audience members moving around the building to watch a variety of performance types including one-to-one theatre, movement and dance pieces, soundscapes and visual installations. Templemore Baths was at the centre of life for most people in East Belfast in the early 1900s when few homes had bathing facilities. When the baths were originally opened in 1893 they were one of four in the city to fulfil a hygienic and sanitary purpose for the Belfast people as well as recreational. Men from the shipyard, including those who worked on the Titanic, were joined by dock and mill workers on a Friday evening for a wash before heading to the dance halls in the city centre. As a result, the Baths were arguably key in helping to turn Belfast into the thriving industrial hub it became in the 19th and 20th centuries. Louise Lowe commented, ‘The Baths will consider how the community around the building has transformed in the past 100 years through the accounts of several generations, both through families who have been part of East Belfast’s rich history and people who have moved into the area from elsewhere bringing a diversity in culture with them.’ Tickets to The Baths are priced at £5 and are extremely limited. For more information on the production visit www.primecutproductions.co.uk To purchase tickets call the box office on 028 9023 5053.
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If you want your make up to look just as good in photos as it does on the day, don’t be scared to wear a little more colour on your cheeks and lips than you usually would. Make up will look less intense in photos than face to face so pick a shade with just a little more intensity of colour. Perfect bridal cheek colours are peaches & soft pinks. This doesn’t mean going colour crazy, but just remembering that what looks “natural” face to will often fade out in photos. The Secret Day Spa, 30 Belmont Road, Belfast. Tel: 028 9067 1914. www.bloommagazine.co.uk 15
Garden Advice A chat with the local experts in all things green.
Belmont Garden Services tell us hows they keep your garden in pristine condition
‘We have been established since 1998 and offer a fantastic on-going service for your garden care. Our fully trained and experienced team offer our reliable services across Belfast, Lisburn, Newtownabbey and Bangor. With many years’ experience under our belts, we specialise in the likes of revitalising your lawn to general pruning and maintenance. Whether you are looking for commercial or domestic garden care, Belmont Garden Services can assist. We also offer seasonal packages as well as year round care including garden clearance. We also offer lawn care and new turf, general gardening, garden maintenance, pruning and grass cutting, planting and seeding, garden revitalisation and clearance. We tailor garden services to fit your requirements, for domestic and commercial customers.’ Phone 028 9079 4294 or 07710 744 821. www.belmontgardenservices-belfast.co.uk
Alan Hill from Braeside Nurseries gives us his insider gardening tips and tell us what he can offer.
‘I’ve been doing this for 49 years now and it’s working nursery which means its all grown here on the premises. We have vegetable plants, bedding, shrubs, trees, conifers, alpines, heathers, you name it. We do a lot of basket plants and also sell filled hanging baskets all planted and ready for around £14-15. They’ll last through till around October from now. For a low maintenance garden, I’d recommend using a ground cover fabric on the planting areas, planting your shrubs and cover with bark or decorative stone etc keep the weeds at bay. There’s a range of plants for that use of various heights and colour. Anyone can call in and tell me their requirements and we’ll be able to advise what would work best. We also do window boxes and containers for people who don’t have the larger garden space. The main veg planting tip this time of year is to wait until all threat of frost has passed then do your planting. Don’t start too early. In May there are types of cabbage, lettuce, celery and leeks and herbs that would suit to go in now. Tomato plants, peppers and cucumbers will be ready for May planting too and courgettes end of May, all ready to harvest in July and August. We have everything here you would need and we’re only a short distance out of Belfast so you can be up here in 10 minutes.’ 25 School Road Crossnacreevy. Tel 028 9044 8426. www.braesidenurseries.co.uk 16 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
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ReFound is a group of creative individuals with an ever changing collection of reclaimed furniture, led by (Re)Founder Jill O’Neill.
Founded in 2010, ReFound works with local artists, designers and makers who use various disciplines and techniques to restyle used furniture. They add their creative skill to produce pieces that are bespoke, hand-crafted and appeal to the personality of the purchaser. ‘Born and raised in Belfast I first moved to Glasgow to complete a degree in Art History,’ says Jill. ‘I took a bold leap to New York in 1999 to work in the publishing industry. I worked for two years in advertising and promotions at SPIN Magazine. My magazine career continued to San Francisco, working at Readymade Magazine and then London in 2002 with Emap.’ Jill found herself back in Belfast in 2007, along with the many furniture and nick-naks she’d picked up along the way. ‘I had developed a passion for other people’s unwanted objects! I was attracted by the journey of ordinary objects, I was inspired to create a space where these objects gained new life as part of the next stage of their journey. This was also influenced by the many ‘stoop sales’ I frequented while in NYC and San Francisco where people empty out the contents of their apartments to sell when they are moving on to a new city. I loved hearing the back-story to their furniture and thought that this journey of pieces would make a great feature. And that’s what you get with a ReFound piece – a certificate that describes who restyled it and what inspired them.’ In buying ReFound pieces people are not only investing in a more sustainable option for home furniture but also in local creative talent. Since the first Refound pop-up store they have developed a cult following for upcycled, unique feature pieces of furniture. ‘We have fabulous customers who really care about both the creative and sustainable ethos. I have also had huge support from some inspiring business people whose enthusiasm for entrepreneurial activity and advice for my business have helped me enormously. Producing my own brand, seeing it develop and being able to generate growth not only for my business, but for the artists and designers that work with ReFound is fantastic. When someone first said to me ‘oh you are behind ReFound, that’s amazing, I’m such a fan of your stuff,’ it filled me with a huge sense of pride.’ 20 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
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Baked chilli eggs ‘This is a version of ‘chiles con huevos’ – long associated with the long, hot days and frosty nights of the flat plains of the Texas Panhandle. This dish originated in the Mexican border country but is now fairly commonly found throughout the United States. Although often cooked in a single casserole dish, in this version the mixture is divided into individual ramekins before the eggs are added, and served as a light meal. It is ideal for breakfast or as a supper treat.’ 25 g butter 1 garlic clove, crushed 125 g smoked ham, chopped 225 g mushrooms, diced 2 hot green chillies, finely chopped 225 ml sour cream 2 teaspoons dried parsley 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano 6 eggs 200 g grated mature cheddar sea salt and freshly ground black pepper toast, rubbed with a garlic clove, to serve hot sauce, to serve 6 individual ovenproof ramekins Serves 6 for a light meal or breakfast Preheat the oven to 190˚C (375˚F) Gas 5. • Melt the butter in a heavy-based frying pan over medium heat and fry the garlic and ham for about 2 minutes, stirring regularly. Add the mushrooms and chillies and continue to cook for about 5–10 minutes until the mushrooms start to brown and the chillies begin to soften. Remove from the heat and stir in the sour cream, parsley and oregano. Season lightly. Divide the mixture equally between the ramekins and let stand for about 10 minutes to allow the flavours to blend. • Make a shallow hollow in each mixture and carefully break an egg into each. Season the eggs with salt and pepper. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20–25 minutes or until the egg whites have set. Remove the ramekins from the oven and sprinkle the grated cheese over 24 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
Spanish potato, garlic & chorizo soup
all of them. Return to the oven for about 5 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbling. Serve immediately with garlicky toast and a bottle of hot sauce to splash on the eggs. • My Tips: If it is very warm in your kitchen, place the mixture in the fridge to set a little before making the hollows and adding the eggs. For an even more luxurious (and meat-free) alternative, substitute the smoked ham for smoked salmon. Serve with a lightly dressed baby leaf salad. Recommended Chillies: Serrano, Mirasol or Espanola; Anaheim if you want it a bit milder.
Spanish potato, garlic & chorizo soup ‘This is a marvellously rustic and enjoyable soup to both make and eat. The chorizo sausage adds a lovely warm background flavour to the dish and the toasted almonds put a delicate sweet crunch into every mouthful. Serve it with the best, freshest bread.’
3 tablespoons olive oil, plus extra to drizzle 250 g chorizo sausage, sliced into 1.5-cm pieces 1 large onion, chopped 4 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced 1 hot red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped 125 ml white wine 1 kg potatoes, peeled and cut into 2.5-cm cubes 500 ml hot chicken or vegetable stock 1 tablespoon sweet smoked paprika (pimentón dulce) 1⁄2–1 teaspoon celery salt 1 teaspoon dried tarragon 50 g blanched almonds, toasted and coarsely ground with a pestle and mortar, to garnish chopped fresh flat leaf parsley, to garnish Serves 4–5 • Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat and fry the chorizo for 2 minutes. Reduce the heat and add the onion, garlic and chilli. Fry gently for 10 minutes, or until the onion has softened.
• Pour the white wine into the pan and gently simmer for another minute to evaporate the alcohol. Add the potatoes and stock and mix well. Add the paprika, celery salt and tarragon, stir thoroughly and bring back to the boil. Reduce the heat to low and gently simmer until the potatoes are cooked. Add a little boiling water to the pan if it looks like there’s not enough liquid. Season with salt and pepper to taste. • Garnish with a scattering of the almonds, a little parsley and a fine drizzle of olive oil. My Tip: I recommend that you use sweet smoked paprika (Spanish pimentón dulce) for this recipe, but stick to the unsmoked, sweet variety if you don’t like smoky flavours. Recommended Chillies: Guindilla or any hot Cayenne variety.
Moroccan-spiced Lamb Burgers with Pickled Cucumber & Yogurt Dressing
lightly with a little salt. Put the yogurt and mint in a small bowl and mix together thoroughly. Add the pickled cucumber, blanched onions and lemon juice and mix through the yogurt and mint mixture. Cover • To make the burgers, put the lamb, onion, apple, apricots, garlic, and refrigerate until you are ready to serve. chilli, Ras el Hanout, chilli jam, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper • Just before you are ready to cook the burgers, preheat a barbecue or in a large bowl. Mix everything grill to medium–hot. together well by mashing it with your hands. Try to mix it evenly and Brush the sunflower oil over the burgers and barbecue or grill for thoroughly without overworking the mixture. It should now just hold 6–8 minutes each side or until they are cooked through. together. • Serve the burgers with toasted pita • Divide the mixture into 6 and bread, a simple salad and a dollop gently press to flatten and form of the pickled cucumber & yogurt generous burgers. dressing. Recommended Chillies: Place the burgers on a lightly For this, a small, generic medium– floured tray, cover with clingfilm hot red chilli would be ideal; I and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. The flavours will benefit from being would be tempted to use a small Cherry Bomb. left to meld for longer. • Meanwhile, to make the pickled The Red Hot cucumber & yogurt dressing, place Chilli Cookbook the sliced onion in a medium bowl, by Dan May then pour over enough just-boiled published by water to cover. Leave for about 30 Ryland Peters & seconds. Drain and rinse the onion Small is out now under cold water to refresh. Pat dry on kitchen paper and season priced £16.99 100 g finely chopped pickled baby cucumber good squeeze of lemon juice Serves 6
‘I was told by a friend that a good lamb burger recipe can always be improved upon by the addition of grated apple. Try this recipe; I think it proves the theory. In fact, I found it so delicious that I added sundried apricots too.’
toasted pita bread, to serve simple salad, to serve Burgers 500 g minced lamb (lean is good but a little fat helps create a juicy burger) 1 small onion, finely chopped 1⁄2 small eating apple, peeled, cored and grated 5 sun-dried apricots, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped 11⁄2 teaspoons Ras el Hanout (Moroccan spice blend) 1 tablespoon chilli jam 1 tablespoon plain flour 1 tablespoon sunflower oil Pickled cucumber & yogurt dressing 1⁄2 small red onion, thinly sliced 4 tablespoons plain yogurt handful of fresh mint, finely chopped
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Other great offers available! • Linwoods Sliced Pan Loaf £1 • Dale Farm 2L Whole and Semi-Skimmed Milk £1 • 500gr Ballyrashane Butter £2.49 • 1 Litre Ulster Fry Cooking Oil £1.79 • Clean & Fresh Washing Up Liquid 55p • Clean & Fresh Bio & Non-Bio Washing Powder £1.49
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Wandsworth Community Centre 26A Belmont Church Road BT4 3FF 028 9065 1668 Childrens Irish dancing 4-6.30pm, Aerobics 7.15-8.15pm Tai Chi 8.15-9.30pm
WEDNESDAY Belmont Tower www.belmont-tower.co.uk Baby massage 10am-1pm Yoga with Eleanor 5.45-7.45pm 39th Old Boys 7-9pm Wandsworth Community Centre 26A Belmont Church Road BT4 3FF 028 9065 1668 Sewing Group 10am-12noon Flower Arranging 1.30-3.30pm, Yoga 7-8.30pm
THURSDAY Belmont Tower www.belmont-tower.co.uk Art classes 10am-1pm Baby Sensory Clsses 7-13 mths Thurs 10-11am 0-7 mths Thurs 11.30-12.30 Yoga with Sharon 6.8pm Wandsworth Community Centre 26A Belmont Church Road BT4 3FF 028 9065 1668 LA Dance (kids Hip Hop) 5-6pm Aerobics 7-8pm Core Combat 8.30-10pm
FRIDAY Belmont Tower www.belmont-tower.co.uk Belcanto School of Singing 10am-1pm
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Wandsworth Community Centre 26A Belmont Church Road BT4 3FF 028 9065 1668 Computers for beginners 10am 12noon and 1-3pm, Childrens Ju Jitsu 7-8pm Boxing 8.30-9.30pm Shiloh Hall 76 The Mount, BT5 4ND Coffee Morning 10:30-12 noon Free tea, coffee and homemade cakes available. All welcome. Toys, books and games for babies & toddler! Tel: 07725914458 churchofgodinbelfast@gmail.com
SATURDAY Wandsworth Community Centre 26A Belmont Church Road BT4 3FF 028 9065 1668 Jump Jiggle And Jive (Baby dance) 9.30-12.30, Childrens Art Classes 10am-11am and Ignite teens dance 1.30-4.30pm
SUNDAY SD Bells 516 Upper Newtownards Road 028 9047 1774. www.sdbellsteacoffee.com Sunday Lunchtime Java Jive Jazz Brunch. 11-2.30pm 6th Jeremy Lyons Trio 13th Fiona Trott Trio+Gay McIntyre 20th David Lyttle Trio 27th Dave Howell & Scott Flanigan
EXHIBITIONS Explore as you discover why Titanic and her sister ships were built in Belfast. Discover how local enterprise and skills were combined to produce vessels of exceptional quality and design. Find out about life on board through fascinating objects and personal stories that explore the tragic loss of Titanic in 1912. T: 028 9042 8428 E: info@nmni.com W: www.nmni.com If you have an event you would like the people of East Belfast to know about, send the details to: stuart@bloommagazine.co.uk
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Local Legend
Fryar Tuck proprietor Gavin Keown at the helm ready for another busy day ahead.
50 Years Of Frying
Almost half a century in business, we speak to Fryar Tuck’s Gavin Keown.
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t all started in June 1963.’ says Gavin, ‘so it’ll be 50 years next year. It was my father that started it, he was working in Shorts at the time and wanted to get out of the desk job. My grandfather had been in the food business before that, a self taught baker. He spent his younger days in the central library during the depression reading up on baking and made his career from there owNing bakeries and fish and chip shops. In the 60’s you had to get tourist board approval to open any sort of food premises, so I recently found the certificate for our ‘fish and chip supper saloon’ from 1963. I started working here in 1984, initially for 6 months, when my father was ill and I ended up staying on.’ But things have certainly progressed over the years, and that means dealing with changing eating habits and a demand for variety, as Gavin explains. ‘In the 60s and 70s we had a very small menu; Fish, chips, pasties and sausages and that was it. The burgers started in the 80s and now we have a number of chicken variations these days too. In the old days fish was a cheap commodity, but its a little more expensive these days. The core of our trade is people buying a family meal and we do try and keep our prices as competitive as possible. Fish supplies are harder to get and prices have risen but we always try and keep it down as low as we can. We also do kids meals, meal deals and people expect those kind of things now. The menu has certainly broadened out but at the core of the business is an incredible skill and level of judgement that makes the battered items on the menu so special. ‘Only my father, myself, an aunt who worked here 20 years and three managers in the last 20 years whom I have trained myself have fried fish in here in 50 years. Occasionally if I’m on a break someone else might dip the fish but they’re frying in batter I’ve prepared. So being responsible for the making of the batter and frying the fish, there have only been six people in 50 years. It’s all about proportions and we have to vary our batter depending on heat, humidity and the product we’re working with whereas if you use one standard batter from a packet, you don’t have that kind of control. Also some fish and chip shops might buy their chips in ready to go, but we have our potatoes delivered by a farmer in paper sacks and they are peeled and chipped here on the premises. We now sell a number of different burgers including a special steakburger where we bring in steak pieces, marinate them, mince them and that gives you a completely different tasting burger. We’ve also started doing deliveries in the last month and it has gone so well we’re now extending it to Saturdays.’ So with an incredible history and 50 years in the business at the Bloomfield roundabout, what’s the secret to being here so long? ‘You have to keep worrying about it. Once you get too comfortable, it can go off track. You’re dealing with fresh products so nothing is the same day to day. For example last year because of the temperatures in winter, a lot of the potatoes were exposed to frost which actually affects their ability to fry. If the temperature drops just a few degrees the starch turns to sugar and they turn dark brown so you have to deal with situations like that. The market is changing, they’re experimenting farming methods and cod is a fish which naturally lives in large shoals, unlike salmon. So perhaps there is possibly of the prospect of locally produced fish becoming available again, which could be amazing for the likes of us.’
Fryar Tuck, 89 Bloomfield Rd, Belfast BT5 5LS. T: 028 9047 1921. 34 www.bloommagazine.co.uk
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